Public act
Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Black's Law Dictionary
A universal rule or law that regards the whole community, and of which the courts of law are bound to take notice judicially and ex officio without its being particularly pleaded.
1 Bl. Co.mm. 86. See People v. Chautauqua Co.unty, 43 N. Y. 10; Sasser v. Martin. 101 Ga. 447, 29 S. E. 278; Bank of Newberry v. Greenville & C. R. Co.., 9 Rich. Law (S. C.) 496; People v. Bellet, 99 Mich. 151, 57 N. W. 1094, 22 L. Rt A. 696, 41 Am. St. Rep. 589; Holt v. Birmingham, ill Ala. 369, 19 South. 736.